New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-15
RARE SHOW OF FRUITS AND PLANTS
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT IN BOSTON.
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PoMoLoGIcAL AND
MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES..
fRr TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribunal
BosToN, Sept. 14.-The Massachusetts Horticuit
ura Society celebrated its ityniath anniversary by
welcoming the American Pathological Society to one
OF the largo halls of the Mechanics Building. The
display of decor alive plants and cut flowers was
abund ant choice in quality and effective In grouping
Unlike the exhibitions OF the NewYUrk Society which
usually consist In great part of contributions by COM
mercia growers the Boston show 10 in the main made
I'D OF selected and well grown specimens from private
collections. Many of the finest plants In the green
houses and gardens OF suoh weknown collectors as
II. II. Hunnewel, OF Wellesley; John l.. Gardner, OF
Brooklne Nathaniel Kidder of Milton Mrs. +. b.
Bayes, OF Lexington; ana George A. Nicholson, OF
Maiden, were here arranged 10 excellent taste.
Palms. ferns crotous, marantes, and other gorgeous
tropical eAoics with the brightest OF autumn flowers
were mingled with such instructive exhibits as those
from tho Howard Botanical Garden and Mr.. Dawson's
selection of shrubs in fruit from the Arnold Arbore-
tum. This last comprises branches from sixty Eight
shrubs hardy In this latitude and oil In fruit This
single collection probably could not be matched In
the world and is instructive IN showing how much
remains to be done In utilizing this casa OF plants Tor
autumn and early winter effects. The fruit is OF all
sizes and coors and Of these crab apples, b1ck-
thorns, enonymus, wild roses. dogwoods, sumachs,
and viburnums would make striking display In any
park or garden. Besides the fruit shown oy the
Massach usetts Society there are specimens from rs
far east as Nova SCOTIA and far west as Wisconsin,
while l.. =. HUBBARD, Oh TTeuOuld, ". snome oiA'y
varieties of grapes and Secretary Williams OF Mont
clair, N. j., has brought from his vineyard immense
clusters OF fifty varieties There are at least
200 varieties of pears and SEQ varieties OF apples on
the tables making altogether one of the most COM
prehensve and complete display OF fruit ana Vege-
tables ever brought together.
Much regret was expressed that Mr.. Barry was
unable to preside In the place OF Hon. Marshall r.
Wilder, but the fatigue OF recent Atlantic voyage
made this impossible and Prosper j. Berkmans, OF
ofa1 air "A y.
CroYier, botanist of the Department OF Agriculture
acted as secretary in the absence of Charles A. Car
he d, of Michigan. After n business meeting d. +.
Marvin, of NewYork, read paper on tn cross fert
lizaton OF grapes He suggested that the numerous
diseases Of the vine night come from loss OF vgor
caused bearing two crops, OF pollen" highly
heterogeneous and exhaustive product, as well as the
fruit Inasmuch seedlings show n tendency
toward n separation OF the sexual functions growers
wore advised TO encourage rather than repress this
tendency. TX female plants are grown WITH rev
male vines tiained trees above them the air couid
be hlied with uollen and the iruung vines wouiu
have no other work than 10 develop the grapes while
the male vines would produce more potent pollen.
Neither vine would then be weakened by double crop
ping. :,
The everlasting peach yellows discussion was
opened by President Lyon, OF the Michigan Horcult-
ural Society. Mr.. Lyon believes this to be contR
gious disease TO be fought By extermnatlng infested
trees, while the peach growers from New-Jersoy.
where the disease or gnated, consider II symptom
OF soil exhaustion which can he remedied 10y nrpica-
improbable as usual and only proved that the wise
men know little about the disease its cause or cure
The veteran John j. Thomas contributed some hints
on " Nomenclature" insisting that Eames should bt
short, appropriate, descriptive and certainly not
coarse nor so laudatory as to be pedlers pulls.
Mr.. Glib. OF Quebec. spoke OF Z" Russiln Fruits
nd the disc sion brought out tho staten Mt that
these were not meant to supersede the varieties
grown in our ia.cy fruit regions. Tho apples were
Inferior in quality composed with the spiteenbergs
and Greetings OF Western Now-fork and New-Ens-
land bat the had texture OF bark aud eaf that
wouln survive the dry summer and trying winters OF
our North western plains where other varieties could
not live year Papers from Professor Beal, PROBES
sor Hasted, and Mr.. Van Deman, the Government
pomo ogist also presented.
Among the prominent men present besides those
above named were 5. g. Parsons, OF Flushing; 4. 5.
fuller Dr. Hexamer. President Pearson. OF the New
Jersey Horticultural Society President Coco ell ano
Professor Award OF the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College; y. Dinner, president, and George W. Camp
bell secretary, OF the Ohio Horticultural Society
Dr. Sturtevant and l.. T. Con. OF the New-iork EI-
pertinent Station W. C. Barry. Roreit Manning, q.
b. Bracket and Charles l. Watroas.